Lexicon matén: in vain, to no purpose Original Word: μάτηνPart of Speech: Adverb Transliteration: matén Phonetic Spelling: (mat'-ane) Short Definition: in vain Definition: in vain, in an unreal way, to no purpose. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 3155 mátēn (an adverb) – properly, "aimlessly"; pointless, without ground or any real purpose (fruitfulness). See 3152 (mataios). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originadverb from acc. of maté (a folly) Definitionin vain, to no purpose NASB Translationvain (2).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3155: μάτηνμάτην (accusative (cf. Winers Grammar, 230 (216); Buttmann, § 131, 12) of μάτη, equivalent to ματία, a futile attempt, folly, fault), adverb, from Pindar, Aeschylus down, in vain, fruitlessly: Matthew 15:9 and Mark 7:7, after Isaiah 29:13 the Sept..
Strong's in vain. Accusative case of a derivative of the base of massaomai (through the idea of tentative manipulation, i.e. Unsuccessful search, or else of punishment); folly, i.e. (adverbially) to no purpose -- in vain. see GREEK massaomai |
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